How A Happy School Can Help Students Succeed : NPR Ed Research shows that the way a school "feels" can help kids learn. But school climate remains a hard concept to define and measure.

Are American kids happy in school? ... At grade 4, more girls (75 percent) than boys (66 percent) report being happy at school over half the time, but in grade 8, significantly more boys ...

I’m not going to claim that I have unilaterally cracked the problem of kids grumbling about school here. As long as they (or you, if you are a student) have to get up early, sit still for hours ...

When Becca and Jordan Itkowitz moved back to La Grange, Illinois, after three years in Denmark with their two sons, Evan, 8, and Max, 10, they experienced culture shock.

Plus, my kids attend different schools, so their time off doesn't always line up. So, six years ago, I started taking them out of school to travel at least a few days out of the year.

Two elementary school kids got a sweet surprise when their dad, Sergeant Dustin Unger, showed up at their school assembly after a months-long deployment.

Two elementary school kids got a sweet surprise when their dad, Sergeant Dustin Unger, showed up at their school assembly after a months-long deployment.